Arterial hypoxemia does not stimulate ventilation until PO2 reaches what level?

A post-op patient returned from the OR after having multiple orthopedic repairs.  His second day post-op, he acutely develops signs of respiratory distress.  He appears gray, tachypneic, and complains of pleuritic pain.  What does the RT suspect is wrong?

Change in lung volume resulting from a unit of pressure change describes what lung characteristic?

What term describes a volume of gas about 150 mL in the average adult and does not participate in gas exchange?

Identify the pressure gradient that causes gas flow to move in and out of the lungs.

A patient is critically ill and hypotensive on the ventilator with very high pressures being provided by the positive pressure ventilator.  Which statement is not true regarding blood flow zones? 

Physical development of infants between 9 and 12 months include growth spurts.  At this age infants usually eat

During the Denver test, if the exam contains developmental concerns, the best course of action is to

How is absolute shunt defined?

A patient with asthma presents to their primary care provider with complaint of productive cough.  The patient is able to provide a sputum sample while at the office and it is processed under the microscope.  Because this patient has extrinsic asthma, what would the RT expect to find in their sputum?